Iran dismisses US claim on use of released assets
Shafaq News- Tehran
Iran's chief negotiator and Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf on Thursday rejected US claims that Tehran had agreed to use unfrozen assets to purchase American agricultural products.
“The only crop we're harvesting is what you planted: decades of mistrust. It's organic, abundant, and homegrown,” Ghalibaf wrote, adding that the United States appears to export little beyond genetically modified “soybeans, broken promises, and empty words.”
America falsely claims our unfrozen assets will buy their agriculture. Interesting. The only crop we're harvesting is what you planted: decades of mistrust. It's organic, abundant, and homegrown. But apparently the US only exports GMO soybeans, broken promises and trash talks.
— محمدباقر قالیباف | MB Ghalibaf (@mb_ghalibaf) June 25, 2026
US President Donald Trump had claimed the released Iranian funds would be used exclusively to purchase American food and medical equipment. However, Iran’s Central Bank Governor Abdolnaser Hemmati rejected that assertion, saying the memoranda signed with Washington imposed no such requirement. Tehran, he said, could choose to use the initial $12 billion in released funds to buy US agricultural products if commodities such as corn and wheat were competitively priced and met the country's quality standards.
